Perfume Images & Adverts Archives

Thierry Mugler unveiled their new advertising campaign for the men's fragrance A Men featuring South-African athlete Oscar Pistorius. The brand, which is known for its edgy, futuristic and on occasion monumental visual universe, chose the sprinter who lost his...

In the UK, the Advertising Standards Authority have once more shown their clout by banning a recent perfume advert for the flanker to the 1977 fragrance Opium by Yves Saint Laurent called Belle d'Opium (check out the commercial.) The reason...

A bit grubby perhaps (a lot; I chose the most realistic and documentary-style picture of the bunch, with streaks of human use) but still bringing a touch of luxe to your ordinary restroom experience is the Eau de Toilette...

Heat Rush by Beyoncé is benefiting from extensive coverage on You Tube. First, we are offered a quasi intimate look at a smelling session with Beyoncé in attendance trying to decide which sample of perfume formulation to choose from. "Sunset...

An oldie but a goodie. In 1995, Jean-Baptiste Mondino directed a Star-Wars-, Blade-Runner-inspired commercial for the perfume Jean-Paul Gaultier now known as Classique by Jean-Paul Gaultier (1993). The ad is entitled "Parfum Esprit."One of the lines said by the grand-motherly...

I think it was last month that I was riding past the Musée d'Orsay in a taxi cab when I noticed a giant advertising canvas featuring Kate Moss as the face of Parisienne by Yves Saint Laurent on the side...

The full ad for the new campaign for Miss Dior Chérie featuring Natalie Portman has been unveiled. Well, let me rephrase that. A few more inches of it have been offered to appreciative public viewing since last time. In it,...

By reader's request and because we aim to please on The Scented Salamander, here is "the other ad" for one of the good gentlemen's juices, Dirty English by Juicy Couture (the first ad is here and the review here.) This...

Last fall in 2010, Guerlain issued a sumptious crystal luxury Bee bottle created by Baccarat. It was edited in 47 copies and displayed in the Guerlain boutique windows in Paris. Harrods also advertized it. They can still be...

Dior have unveiled the first images of the new Miss Dior Chérie campaign featuring actress Natalie Portman (see her also at the Dior boutique inauguration in NYC with John Galliano right after the jump.) It will be a way, as...

Because I ended up sniffing Dior Leather Oud like mad, ushering the New Year 2011 with it, here is my way of sharing some of the excitement (apart from an upcoming review), with the video the house filmed to promote...

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry reveals in an artfully directed spot borrowing from the genre of the interview what her new, upcoming perfume Reveal is about (advance review forthcoming by the way.) Playing opposite actor Stephen Dorff who can be heard...

One of the most noteworthy launches of 2010 to my nose will no doubt be the latest Man by Bulgari whose spokesperson is actor Clive Owen. The latter already signed a beauty contract in the past for Hypnôse for Men...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the brand's landmark building, Elizabeth Arden have launched a new 100th anniversary / 100ème Anniversaire Red Door Edition for the perfume described as a "sensuous and sophisticated mélange of rare florals." The...

One way to revive the classics is by making them look cooler. Here the new advert for English Leather by Dana initially released in 1949 deliberately plays with distanced tool-itude and a fratboy type of humor. Did they go overboard...